Manuals of Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDP)

Decentralized Planning

The XIVth Finance Commission award has created an opportunity for responsive local
governance at the cutting edge institutional level of the Gram Panchayat. The guidelines
issued by M/O Finance for the release and utilisation of the local bodies grant
stipulate that proper plans are to be prepared by the gram panchayats for the basic
services within the functions devolved to them as per State laws before incurring
expenditure under the FFC award. Read more...